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Lowest SME-access ratio

Contracting authorities ranked by SME-access ratio (pooled SME awards ÷ SME bids), lowest first, as recorded in the OGP award data. Limited to authorities with at least 5 awards carrying published SME bid counts.

#	Authority	SME-access ratio	SME-bid awards	Awards
1	Grangegorman Development Agency	0.09	11 of 58	58
2	personal-injuries-resolution-board	0.10	14 of 28	28
3	st-michael-s-house	0.12	6 of 14	14
4	Residential Tenancies Board	0.12	10 of 25	25
5	FOLD Housing Association Ireland	0.13	5 of 20	20
6	Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority	0.14	7 of 13	13
7	safefood	0.15	5 of 31	31
8	charities-regulator	0.15	5 of 14	14
9	National Shared Services Office	0.15	25 of 33	33
10	The Pensions Authority	0.15	9 of 40	40
11	Trócaire	0.15	7 of 55	55
12	Health Insurance Authority	0.16	17 of 25	25
13	valuation-office	0.17	7 of 23	23
14	National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh	0.18	9 of 19	19
15	The Teaching Council	0.18	17 of 43	43
16	Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC	0.18	7 of 37	37
17	Ombudsman for Children's Office	0.18	8 of 49	49
18	Western Care Association	0.18	5 of 22	22
19	Skillnet Ireland	0.18	39 of 71	71
20	Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)	0.18	65 of 85	85
21	irish-human-rights-and-equality-commission	0.19	6 of 39	39
22	An Post	0.19	191 of 419	419
23	royal-irish-academy	0.19	5 of 26	26
24	Irish Museum of Modern Art	0.19	6 of 18	18
25	The Health Research Board	0.20	90 of 181	181
26	EirGrid plc	0.20	205 of 300	300
27	chief-state-solicitor-s-office	0.20	6 of 20	20
28	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd	0.20	20 of 94	94
29	Dundalk Institute of Technology	0.20	21 of 130	130
30	The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)	0.20	15 of 27	27
31	IDA Ireland	0.20	103 of 479	479
32	Depaul	0.21	8 of 19	19
33	Tourism Ireland CLG	0.21	55 of 135	135
34	an-coimisiun-pleanala	0.21	9 of 30	30
35	Clúid Housing Association	0.21	46 of 190	190
36	Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman	0.21	28 of 41	41
37	Tailte Éireann	0.21	34 of 53	53
38	Uisce Éireann	0.21	8 of 240	240
39	Dublin Port Company	0.21	17 of 64	64
40	Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland	0.21	17 of 38	38

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Data & licence

Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Computed deterministically from the Office of Government Procurement contract-award records published ondata.gov.ie. Rankings are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-09-03.